Data Engineer(16798)
Description
Hybrid – 3 days per week in our Luton office
easyJet holidays is the UK’s fastest‑growing tour operator, created to make brilliant holidays more affordable and more accessible. Since launching in 2019, we’ve already taken almost two million customers away on unforgettable breaks, expanded across Europe, doubled our team year‑on‑year, and been named a and for both 2023 and 2024.
We’re building something special — and data sits at the heart of it.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a talented Data Engineer to join our growing Data team and help build our brand‑new Operational Data Platform. This platform underpins our applications, services, and decision‑making across the business.
You’ll work alongside experienced senior engineers, gain exposure to modern data engineering practices, and help build high‑quality, scalable data products that power the holidays experience end‑to‑end.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to deepen their technical skills, work on meaningful data challenges, and be part of a team transforming the travel industry.
What You’ll Be Doing
1. Contributing to the design and delivery of the new Operational Data Platform
2. Building and maintaining ETL/ELT workflows
3. Supporting data governance, compliance and platform standards
4. Optimising data processes and pipeline performance
5. Collaborating with product teams, engineers and developers across the organisation
6. Supporting ad‑hoc analysis and development tasks where needed
What You’ll Bring
Essential skills:
7. Strong Python and SQL abilities
8. Experience building or maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines (, dbt, Airflow, ADF, Glue, Dagster)
9. Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
10. Good understanding of data modelling principles
11. Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
12. Ability to translate business needs into data solutions
Nice to have (fully supported with training):
13. Real‑time/event‑driven data patterns
14. Streaming tools (Kafka, Kinesis, EventBridge)
15. OLTP‑style data systems
16. API integrations
17. Basic
Why Join Us?
18. Competitive base salary
19. Up to 20% bonus
20. 25 days holiday
21. BAYE, SAYE & performance share schemes
22. 7% pension
23. Life assurance
24. Flexible benefits
25. Brilliant staff travel perks
Location & Hybrid Working
This is a full‑time role based in Luton, working 40 hours per week with hybrid working — 3 days a week in our Luton office. Occasional travel may be required.
Requirements of the Role
.##.LI-M.R1 #ejholidays
Business Area
Technology - easyJet holidays
Primary Location
United Kingdom-London-London Luton Airport
Organisation
easyJet Holidays
Schedule
Full-time
Unposting Date
Ongoing